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  • JackTar
    JackTar Posts: 77
    Ian Stannard continued his consistent race and GC hopes by finishing in a depleted main peloton once again
    From the Team Sky website. Interesting to see Yogi is going for GC.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Will be a long sit for Wiggins in the hot seat. He was one of the first to start.

    Current top 5:
    1. Wiggins 16.13,
    2. Boaro +19,
    3. Tuft +24,
    4. Tjallingii +30,
    5. Van Emden +16.44

    The first half of the TT is very technical, narrow, and hilly, 2nd half wide main road, slightly downhill.

    Renshaw and Kittel DNS: ill
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Oh! Jesse Sergent 10 seconds faster than Wiggo

    Wiggins lost time to Sergent, hardly a climber, on the uphill bit (but still fastest on the downhill 2nd half) - has he overdone the pork pie diet? :wink:
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    FJS wrote:
    Oh! Jesse Sergent 10 seconds faster than Wiggo

    Wiggins lost time to Sergent, hardly a climber, on the uphill bit (but still fastest on the downhill 2nd half) - has he overdone the pork pie diet? :wink:


    5 secs was the time gap according to all and sundry inc the official feed

    Yes, cue the national call for Wiggins to be put on the Fatkins Diet :)
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    Oh! Jesse Sergent 10 seconds faster than Wiggo

    Wiggins lost time to Sergent, hardly a climber, on the uphill bit (but still fastest on the downhill 2nd half) - has he overdone the pork pie diet? :wink:


    5 secs was the time gap according to all and sundry inc the official feed

    Yes, cue the national call for Wiggins to be put on the Fatkins Diet :)
    You're right - it's 5 seconds. 10 seconds was the difference at the halfway time check. :oops:
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Chavanel new fastest time. Wonder whether Wiggins remains in the top 10
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Chavanel wins. Boom only just keeps the GC.
    Dumoulin 2nd
    Wiggins 5th in the end
    Phinney 6th, Boom 10th

    Stealth 10th position in GC for Stannard
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Wiggins fail. Definitely not one to be categorised as a pure racer.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    The pure specialists - Wiggins, Phinney, Durbo, Tuft - beaten (mainly) by handy-but-not-specialists riders (Langveld excepted). Short technical course that suited the punchier sorts, rather than the big specialist units
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    The pure specialists - Wiggins, Phinney, Durbo, Tuft - beaten (mainly) by handy-but-not-specialists riders (Langveld excepted). Short technical course that suited the punchier sorts, rather than the big specialist units
    Sergent is definitely a TT specialist. I don't think he's ever had a worthwhile result that wasn't TT related.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    RichN95 wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    The pure specialists - Wiggins, Phinney, Durbo, Tuft - beaten (mainly) by handy-but-not-specialists riders (Langveld excepted). Short technical course that suited the punchier sorts, rather than the big specialist units
    Sergent is definitely a TT specialist. I don't think he's ever had a worthwhile result that wasn't TT related.


    You're right, fair shout
  • Wiggo Warrior
    Wiggo Warrior Posts: 11
    RichN95 wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    The pure specialists - Wiggins, Phinney, Durbo, Tuft - beaten (mainly) by handy-but-not-specialists riders (Langveld excepted). Short technical course that suited the punchier sorts, rather than the big specialist units
    Sergent is definitely a TT specialist. I don't think he's ever had a worthwhile result that wasn't TT related.

    Out of interest, has Wiggins ever had a worthwhile result on a sub 20k flat TT? There was the 2012 second place at the TdF prologue where he matched Chavanel but I can't think of any others.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Wiggo Warrior wrote:
    Out of interest, has Wiggins ever had a worthwhile result on a sub 20k flat TT? There was the 2012 second place at the TdF prologue where he matched Chavanel but I can't think of any others.
    He won the Giro prologue in Amsterdam, 8 km

    I also heard he's pretty handy on 4000 meters on the track...
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Would Froome have beat Wiggins over that TT course?
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  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    FJS wrote:
    I also heard he's pretty handy on 4000 meters on the track...
    Oh yes, Nice one. :lol:
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Should be a good stage today. La Redoute twice + finish halfway up the Redoute, and those other hills on the final loop done twice are pretty steep too. Serious Ardennes territory. Wonder whether the likes of Boom and Phinney will be able to cope with this. Also, being from Aywaille, this whole stage was designed for Gilbert - first win of the season?
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Interesting stage so far. Exciting finish in store.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Super steep Ardennes climbs, groups all over the place - a massacre. Chavanel and Boom losing time at the moment, chasing a group with Tom Dumoulin.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Looks like its between Dumoulin and Stybar for the overall? Although Kelderman and Chavanel attacking from group behind almost a minute now
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Not going to be Gilbert today. In a group with Boom at about 2 minutes, 7 km to go
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    edited August 2013
    Wow. Great last km. Lopez bags a stage for Sky. The Stybar/Dumoulin group almost got them. Dumoulin gets the leader's jersey. Well deserved, did almost all the work in his group the last 20 km. Very strong
    Riders all over the place. Looks like a mountain stage
  • gpreeves
    gpreeves Posts: 454
    Great stage, Dumoulin into the leader's jersey, Stybar 8 seconds back. Nice to see the Lesser Spotted Lopez getting the win, his experience was evident in that last 30 minutes.
  • Wiggo Warrior
    Wiggo Warrior Posts: 11
    FJS wrote:
    Wiggo Warrior wrote:
    Out of interest, has Wiggins ever had a worthwhile result on a sub 20k flat TT? There was the 2012 second place at the TdF prologue where he matched Chavanel but I can't think of any others.
    He won the Giro prologue in Amsterdam, 8 km

    I also heard he's pretty handy on 4000 meters on the track...

    P'raps that's the problem, the corners not banked enough :) I forgot about the Giro one, Pink jersey moment.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Brilliant stage. Whole coverage was exciting and fascinating.
    Heroic Dumoulin versus Super Strong Stybar.
    Set up really nicely for tomorrow's mini-Flanders romp.
    Much prefer this sort of parcour to those with mega mountains where
    nothing much happens.............until it happens.
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  • gpreeves
    gpreeves Posts: 454
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Much prefer this sort of parcour to those with mega mountains where
    nothing much happens.............until it happens.

    Completely agree with you on this. Today's mini L-B-L was one of the most interesting stages I've watched in a while, hoping mini-Flanders is equally as exciting tomorrow.

    Is there anything explicitly wrong with Gilbert at the moment? Or is he just having a bad season?
  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Today he was held up behind a crash and the peloton didn't let him catch up I understand
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Mikey23 wrote:
    Today he was held up behind a crash and the peloton didn't let him catch up I understand

    If you mean he was held up by being at the bottom of a pile of riders who landed on top of him, then yes. :wink:
    As they saying goes: "he went a*se over tit and was quite banged about.
    Quick Step then decided to all "the race is full on" and decided to attack, every time he got close to reaching the lead group.
    All things considered, I thought he did a very good ride.
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  • cesco
    cesco Posts: 252
    Gilbert won't start tomorrow :(.

    On the other hand, more chances for Hoogerland/Terpstra and the likes.
  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    I thought B Smith did a very good job of calling the action in a chaotic race today.
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Mini Ronde van Vlaanderen today, after yesterday's LBL.

    26 km to go, last time over De Muur. Stannard and Greipel away, just over a minute and a half ahead of the bunch. Greipel does those kind of things more often. Nice. Stannard looks stronger though

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